相幫

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party
trad. (相幫)		相	幫
simp. (相帮)		相	帮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiāngbāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang¹ bang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ bong¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): xion¹ bon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siang-pang / siong-pang
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shian-paon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngbāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangbang
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-pang¹
    • Yale: syāng-bāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangbang
    • Palladius: сянбан (sjanban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xiang¹ bang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiangbang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiaŋ⁵⁵ paŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ bong¹
    • Yale: sēung bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ bong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xion¹ bon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃¹¹ pɒ̃¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-pang / siong-pang
    • Tâi-lô: siang-pang / siong-pang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangpafng, siongpafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ⁴⁴/, /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siaŋ³³ paŋ³³/, /siɔŋ³³ paŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ⁴⁴/, /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ⁴⁴/, /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ⁴⁴/, /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-paon
    • MiniDict: shian^平 paon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-paan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ pɑ̃²¹/

Verb

相幫

1. (dialectal) to help

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幫忙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	幫忙兒
	Taiwan	幫忙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	幫忙
	Wanrong	幫忙
	Xi'an	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	幫忙
	Liuzhou	幫手
Mandarin	Malaysia	幫忙
	Singapore	幫忙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幫手
	Hong Kong	幫手
	Macau	幫手
	Taishan	幫手
	Yangjiang	幫手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幫手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幫手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	幫手
Gan	Nanchang	幫忙
	Lichuan	幫忙
Hakka	Meixian	𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
	Xingning	𢯭手
	Huidong (Daling)	𢯭手
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𢯭手
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𢯭手
	Changting	𢯭手
	Wuping	幹𢯭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𢯭手
	Liancheng	𢯭手
	Ruijin	𢯭手
	Shicheng	幫手
	Shangyou (Shexi)	幫手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𢯭手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𢯭手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬥相共, 𢯭手
Huizhou	Jixi	幫忙
Jin	Taiyuan	打幫, 相幫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幫襯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對手
	Matsu	對手
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Quanzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
	Zhangzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Zhao'an	幫忙
	Taipei	鬥相共
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鬥相共
	Kaohsiung	鬥跤手
	Yilan	鬥相共
	Changhua (Lukang)	鬥相共
	Taichung	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taichung (Wuqi)	幫助
	Tainan	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taitung	鬥跤手
	Hsinchu	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Kinmen	鬥相共
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈
	Chaozhou	相輔
	Shantou	相輔, 幫忙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相輔
	Jieyang	相輔
	Singapore (Teochew)	相輔
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相輔
	Leizhou	幫跤接手
	Haikou	幫跤手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	幫跤手, 幫忙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幫手
Wu	Shanghai	幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
Xiang	Loudi	幫忙

• 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
• 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
• 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
• 助 (zhù)
• 助力 (zhùlì)
• 助理 (zhùlǐ)
• 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
• 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
• 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
• 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
• 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
• 幫／帮 (bāng)
• 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
• 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
• 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
• 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
• 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
• 幫手／帮手 (bong¹ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
• 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
• 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 扶
• 扶助 (fúzhù)
• 扶持 (fúchí)
• 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
• 拉巴 (dialectal)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 援助 (yuánzhù)
• 𢯭手 (Hakka)
• 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
• 支持 (zhīchí)
• 支援 (zhīyuán)
• 救 (jiù)
• 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
• 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
• 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
• 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
• 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
• 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
• 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
• 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
• 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)